Human demography in the Pleistocene: Do mitochondrial and nuclear genes tell the same story?

Evolutionary Anthropology

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 81-86

  Harris, Eugene E ^a   Hey, Jody ^a  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033235972     PISSN: 10601538     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6505(1999)8:3<81::AID-EVAN3>3.0.CO;2-4     Document Type: Article

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